The Historic Meyer Ranch: Established 1853.

     

Frederick Valentine Meyer Sr., (1829-1916). From the collection of Jeremy Tuggle.

Video filmed on location September 17, 2022. 

Frederick Valentine Meyer Sr., was born on April 17, 1829, in Bremen, Germany, the son of John Meyer. He arrived at the town of Shasta in 1851 and mined until 1853 as records indicate, yet he does not appear on the 1852 California State Census. He was also a farmer who raised beans and corn and from his own grapes on his property he made wine as well. Some of which he sold. He had eight sons and six daughters with Caroline Louise Notten between 1861 and 1890. Frederick Valentine Meyer Sr., died on December 30, 1916, in Bella Vista, California, having lived a long life of 87 years, and was buried at the Millville Masonic Cemetery in Millville, California. Explore the history of the historic Meyer ranch in this YouTube video I produced. The Meyer Ranch is still in existence today owned by my cousin Betty and her husband Ernie. See video. The children of Frederick Valentine Meyer Sr., and Caroline Louise (Notten) Meyer are the following:

1. Anna Meyer (1861–1889) married Alva McBroom Sr.,

2. Mary Fredricka Meyer (1862–1960) married Franklin Reading Love

3. John Meyer (1864–1865)

4. Elizabeth Meyer (1866–1896) married Edgar Wade Howell

5. William Henry Meyer (1868–1932) married Mary Ellen Douease

6. Frederick Valentine Meyer Jr. (1870–1963) married Hattie May Cravens

7. Herman Meyer (1872–1958) married Grace Gertrude Gray

8. Caroline Louise Meyer (1875–1960) married George J. Boyle

9. Adah Julia Meyer (1877–1919) married William Yank

10. Charles Edward Meyer (1879–1962)

11. Olive Meyer (1881–1980) married John William Chatham

12. Albert Meyer (1883–1964) married Ollie M. Thomasen

13. Walter Byron Meyer (1886–1966) married Muriel Catherine Eells

14. Harry Andrew Meyer (1890–1971) married 1st: Eva Bullard, married 2nd: Annie Lucille de Bar Kellog

Caroline Louise (Notten) Meyer (1841-1908), the wife of Frederick Valentine Meyer Sr., she was the mother of 14 children. From the collection of Jeremy Tuggle.

RESOURCES:

Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880, Shasta County, California, 

U.S., Naturalization Records, 1852-1932 for Frederick Valentine Meyer.

Land Surveys - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, February 6, 1858

Deed Book G., Page 80, John Schrader to Frederick Meyer, dated May 8, 1858

SHASTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY - GENEALOGICAL RECORDS 7-59. One card page front and back. INFORMANT: MARY FREDRICKA (MEYER) LOVE (1862-1960).

U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865

1860 U.S. Census

Leased - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, December 4, 1869

Fire - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, November 1, 1873

North Cow Creek - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, July 20, 1878

Shasta Items - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, May 8, 1879

Born - The Reading Independent newspaper of Redding, May 29, 1879

1880 U.S. Census

Married - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, December 3, 1881

Private School - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, May 14, 1887

Alva McBroom - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, May 21, 1887

Alva McBroom - The Republican Free Press newspaper of Redding, June 15, 1889

Mrs. A. McBroom - The Republican Free Press newspaper of Redding, June 29, 1889

1900 U.S. Census

Fred Meyer Jr. - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, March 13, 1908

Lived In County For Forty Years - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, August 29, 1908

1910 U.S. Census

Births, Marriages And Deaths - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, January 2, 1917

Pioneer Farmer Passes Beyond - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 2, 1917

Left Eleven Sons And Daughters And 55 Grandchildren - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, January 3, 1917

MEYER'S ESTATE IS WORTH $6,000 - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 25, 1917

Veteran Teacher Of The County Passes - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, December 29, 1918

McBroom Sr., Is Dead At The Bay - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, January 3, 1919

Meyer Farm Sold In Court For $6,027.50 - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, November 27, 1920

Shasta Historical Society Pioneer Record - Frederick Valentine Meyer Sr., dated: June 7, 1943

Frederick Valentine Meyer Sr., Pioneer Plaque file, MP-033 at Shasta Historical Society in Redding, California.

The Meyer Family Memories of Olive (Meyer) Chatham written by an unknown author, date unknown. Available at the Shasta Historical Society.

Meyer Burials, by an unknown compiler, in possession of Cindy L. Nelson and Jeremy Tuggle 

The Notten Family History researched and compiled by Marti Notten.